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The Global Farmer Network are farmers committed to inserting their voice and perspective in the global dialogue regarding food and nutritional security.

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Opinion
Farmers Are Using Technology to Adapt to a Changing Climate
Rather than panicking about an environmental doomsday, let’s embrace the ability of technology and the willingness of farmers to make our world a better place.
October 10, 2021 07:00 AM
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Opinion
I Am an Activist FOR Food
As a farmer, I’m always thinking about how new technologies can create a more resilient food system—but because of colonial mindsets, I continue to encounter resistance to this idea.
July 13, 2021 03:34 PM
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Opinion
Innovation and Technology in Agriculture Has No Boundaries
We need to break free of defeating mindsets that limit our ability to thrive and gain access to liberating farm technologies. The scope of technology in agriculture has no boundaries.
May 02, 2021 07:00 AM
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Opinion
Agroecology as a Choice, Not Coercion
Beware of this buzzword “agroecology": It has the potential to work like a buzzsaw that rips common sense into sawdust.
April 25, 2021 07:00 AM
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Opinion
Regenerative Agriculture as an Agent of Positive Change
Earth Day is now upon us—it arrives next week on April 22—and farmers are marking the occasion by sharing how regenerative agriculture has improved their operations.
April 18, 2021 07:00 AM
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Opinion
Mexico’s Self-Defeating War on Safe Technologies
President Lopez Obrador doesn’t seem to care whom these prohibitions harm. I wish he’d see us as allies in achieving food security---to meet the challenge, we need access to the world’s technology.
February 14, 2021 07:00 AM
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Time to Reject the Hysteria and Embrace the Science
Farmers have used glyphosate safely for decades, but in recent years anti-GMO activists have tried to target the product - aided by a sensationalist media - because it often works in harmony with biotechnology.
November 17, 2020 07:44 PM
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Farmers Want Trade Opportunities
Lawmakers in Washington probably can’t stop themselves from reacting to the problems of the moment, but they’d be wiser to focus on expanding long-term opportunities.
November 17, 2020 07:41 PM
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Celebrating Miracle Crops in India: Past, Present and Future
We said yes to the Green Revolution, but we’re saying no to the Gene Revolution—not because of legitimate safety concerns, but out of ignorance and ideology.
November 17, 2020 07:39 PM
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The Story Behind Your Cup of Coffee
For coffee farmers there’s a direct connection between better technology and better lives.
November 17, 2020 07:38 PM
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